Hydrostatic weighing, also referred to as underwater weighing, hydrostatic body composition analysis and hydrodensitometry, is a technique for measuring... 6 KB (752 words) - 13:29, 9 March 2024 |
Hydrostatic shock, also known as Hydro-shock, is the controversial concept that a penetrating projectile (such as a bullet) can produce a pressure wave... 44 KB (5,654 words) - 15:58, 14 March 2024 |
In continuum mechanics, hydrostatic stress, also known as isotropic stress or volumetric stress, is a component of stress which contains uniaxial stresses... 6 KB (910 words) - 01:22, 12 March 2024 |
considered hydrostatic, they are sometimes referred to as hydrostatic for their possession of a hydrostatic organ instead of a hydrostatic skeleton, where... 10 KB (1,276 words) - 08:51, 17 October 2023 |
A hydrostatic loop, though not often used in plumbing practice, is an arrangement of pipes formed into a vertical loop to prevent backflow of water within... 1 KB (116 words) - 18:32, 16 January 2024 |
Continuously variable transmission (redirect from Hydrostatic transmission) applied to the vehicle's driving wheel(s). The name "hydrostatic CVT," which misuses the term "hydrostatic," differentiates this type of transmission from... 41 KB (4,871 words) - 11:50, 12 April 2024 |
Water level (device) (redirect from Hydrostatic leveling) long distances (sometimes, kilometers) is termed hydrostatic levelling, after the principles of hydrostatic equilibrium and levelling. Communicating vessels... 4 KB (467 words) - 20:19, 8 January 2024 |
hydrostatic seal is a non-contacting mechanical seal that operates under an equilibrium of forces. Unlike traditional hydrodynamic seals, hydrostatic... 8 KB (1,165 words) - 06:20, 1 April 2023 |
Vertical pressure variation (redirect from Hydrostatic paradox) height, any pressure may be attained. This feature of hydrostatics has been called the hydrostatic paradox. As expressed by W. H. Besant, Any quantity of... 11 KB (1,512 words) - 15:07, 18 April 2024 |
Starling equation (redirect from Capillary hydrostatic pressure) movements between blood and tissues are determined by differences in hydrostatic pressure and colloid osmotic (oncotic) pressure between plasma inside... 17 KB (2,237 words) - 16:37, 26 February 2024 |
Hydraulic press (redirect from Hydrostatic press) A hydraulic press is a machine press using a hydraulic cylinder to generate a compressive force. It uses the hydraulic equivalent of a mechanical lever... 7 KB (691 words) - 04:24, 7 April 2024 |
Isaac Newton (investigated viscosity) and Blaise Pascal (researched hydrostatics, formulated Pascal's law), and was continued by Daniel Bernoulli with... 20 KB (2,639 words) - 02:05, 1 April 2024 |
Skeleton (section Hydrostatic skeletons) and the hydroskeleton, a flexible internal structure supported by the hydrostatic pressure of body fluids. Vertebrates are animals with an endoskeleton... 31 KB (3,602 words) - 00:44, 13 March 2024 |
In hydrodynamics and hydrostatics, the pressure gradient (typically of air but more generally of any fluid) is a physical quantity that describes in which... 5 KB (581 words) - 22:30, 29 February 2024 |
Jacob Perkins (section Hydrostatics) Jacob Perkins (July 9, 1766 – July 30, 1849) was an American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist based in the United Kingdom. Born in Newburyport... 18 KB (2,160 words) - 21:00, 1 April 2024 |
coincides with the foundations, then the body is said to be metastable. Hydrostatics, also known as fluid statics, is the study of fluids at rest (i.e. in... 12 KB (1,739 words) - 02:22, 25 April 2024 |
Bulk modulus (redirect from Hydrostatic modulus) The bulk modulus ( K {\displaystyle K} or B {\displaystyle B} or k {\displaystyle k} ) of a substance is a measure of the resistance of a substance to... 11 KB (1,309 words) - 01:45, 24 February 2024 |
Edema blister (redirect from Hydrostatic bulla) Edema blisters (also known as "Edema bulla", "Hydrostatic bulla," and "Stasis blister") are a cutaneous condition that develop in patients with an acute... 1 KB (97 words) - 06:01, 31 October 2023 |
after Blaise Pascal, noted for his contributions to hydrodynamics and hydrostatics, and experiments with a barometer. The name pascal was adopted for the... 14 KB (1,256 words) - 21:36, 21 April 2024 |
Hydrolock (redirect from Hydrostatic lock) Hydrolock (a shorthand notation for hydrostatic lock or hydraulic lock) is an abnormal condition of any device which is designed to compress a gas by... 8 KB (1,090 words) - 23:36, 4 February 2024 |
Hydrostatic bubbles, also known as philosophical bubbles, gravity beads, aerometrical beads and hydrometer beads, are a type of hydrometer invented in... 2 KB (281 words) - 01:44, 17 May 2023 |
Extrusion (redirect from Hydrostatic extrusion) mechanical The type of load applied, either conventional (variable) or hydrostatic A single or twin screw auger, powered by an electric motor, or a ram... 37 KB (4,691 words) - 22:34, 28 April 2024 |